Provider team burnout: undoing the human and organizational damage
By Sam Hanna for Healthcare IT News This is the third article in a series regarding process-based opportunities as the healthcare industry begins to emerge from the challenges of the pandemic. As noted in the introduction to this series, each of these articles will define an issue, consider the problem and…
Dolbey Expands Their #1 Best in KLAS Fusion CAC Solution with Single Path Coding
Dolbey adds Single Path Coding to their Fusion CAC solution that is already ranked #1 Best in KLAS for the 5th consecutive year. Single Path Coding is a consolidation of facility and professional fee coding to streamline processes, maximize coder output, and reduce costs by minimizing duplicated efforts.…
Northwell Health’s nurse choir in America’s Got Talent final
By Makenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review A choir of nurses from Northwell Health was one of five groups to compete in the America’s Got Talent finals Sept. 14. The Northwell Health Nurse Choir formed last year when nurses across the system’s 23 hospitals came together to perform virtually for a nonprofit…
AMA Releases 2022 CPT Code Set
From For the Record Magazine Innovative work to meet the urgent public health need for streamlined reporting and tracking of COVID-19 vaccinations is presented in the release of the 2022 set published by the American Medical Association (AMA). The annual update to the CPT code set incorporates a…
How do you monitor and demonstrate the efficacy of your CDI program?
How do you monitor and demonstrate the efficacy of your CDI program? Increased productivity Reduced DRG mis-matches Improved quality scores Increased review rate Reduced downstream denials In the white paper “Unleashing the Power of…
Prebunking’ vs. debunking: How to get ahead of health misinformation
By Katie Adams for Becker’s Healthcare Review Healthcare communication professionals have been scrambling to debunk misinformation throughout the pandemic. However, creating awareness of the tropes shared among most conspiracy theories and misinformation campaigns could be a more effective approach, Wired reported Aug. 28. The practice is sometimes referred to as…
Nevada hospital ransomware attack could affect data of 1.3M patients
By Kat Jercich for Healthcare IT News The University Medical Center Southern Nevada has reported that a ransomware attack earlier this summer affected the data of 1,300,000 people. The organization said in a statement that the incident only lasted a day, but the bad actors were able to compromise some…
How to create the hospital of the future based on lessons of the past
By Susan Morse for Healthcare Finance What does the hospital of the future look like? That depends on how health system and hospital executives apply the knowledge learned during the COVID-19 crisis to their strategic plans moving forward, according to Michael J. Dowling, CEO and president of Northwell…
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